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tS..-St-.'. ' '"ifi THE WEATHER. Fair Wednesday; Thursday increas ing claudiness, probably followed by rain in west portions. t 1 r SANTA i CXACS la to, hiding Just wimd the corner. It' vp to yea to tip tbe popU ff tlMUbe win make your store headquarters, lea cn talk to 15.000 of them tbroash The Star. VOIi. XCDI-KO. 74, WTLMTN"GKrOK, N. Cr, "V ES DA"!" MOKNTN'Gr, DECEMBEK 37, 1913. WHOIiK KTJMBST& 13,50 9; '. W4t a867 CHIHUAHUA GUY Villa Confiscates AH of Te rassas Property. MONEY TO BE GIVEII TO POOR Property Worth Several. Millions Tak en by Constitutionalists Wife of American Consul Leaves for; Home in States. Juarez, -Mex., - Dec. 16. All the property . of Luis Terrazas, Sr., En rique Creel and Juan Creel, including banks, mines, vast areas of lands, thousands of head of cattle, homes and personal effects, were ordered confiscated, to the rebels in an official decree issued' by Gett. Francisco Villa today. V: Mr. Terrazas, now' a refugee in the United States, is one of the richest men in Mexico. His holdings of about two-thirds of the r State of Chi huahua are said to place him among the most extensive land holders of the world. The combined estate of the Terrazas - and the Creel ; brothers, his nephews, is valued at-many mil lions of dollars. Enrique Creel was formerly ambassador from -Mexico to the United States. - . Gen. Vila's decree, issued at Chi huahua City was sent -to Juarez and given out - officially. It was intended as a notice that should the revolution succeed neither the Terrazas nor the Creel families will be allowed any in demnity for their losses. The decree accuses the" Creels and the Terrazas families of "withholding taxation and of fomenting the treach ery of Orozco and Huerta", and states that the property shall be given to the widows and orphans caused by bloodshed . among: the Mexicans. All contracts made ; with the Creels and. Terrazas since February 18, 1913, are declared void. - - ' r - Luis Terrazas, Jr., eldest son of the land owner, . is held .prisoner. at Chi huahua; and ; the rebels have appropri ated to their, use- as much of the mov able property a&"they could -eize ' RefuseTRebet Money. - Efforts', were maoeby rebelfeaflers working directly- with Gen. Villa to day, to effect some sort of a settle ment in regard to the property of the expelled Spaniards. It .was said that a proposal was made to Invoice all property and to allow the claims to rest against the rebel government. Gen. Villa replied he was willing to pay for the property in so-called Con stitutionalist money which, the Span iards declared to be worthless. - T Two hundred more refugees, includ ing Americans and Spaniards, reachj ed El Paso from. Chihuahua today. Among the arrivals was Mrs. Mar ion Letcher, wife of the United States Consul at Chihuahua. Mrs. Letcher said if the consul had been prevented by Villa from send ing cipher messages-to Washington, as had been reported by refugees, she had not heard of it. ; Threatened with an attack at Chi huahua by Federals reported to have advanced northward - from Torreon, Gen. Villa today dispatched 2,000 reb els as an advance' guard to head off the Federal troops. . The decision: of the Federal troops to show aggressive action was believ ed to have resulted from the fact that the rebels had. to scatter their forces in following Gen. Mercado's retreat. Villa has about 3,000 soldiers in the vicinity of Ojinaga and 2,000 in; Juaw rez, which leaves him less than 5,000 in Chihuahua. ',..-,. . " With Torreon an important .railroad center, directly, south of Villa's pres ent position, the Federals have a' base from which the rebels believe a move ment toward Chihuahua, has begun. ' Refugees Still Crossing. Ojinaga, ,Mex.i Dec 16. The family of Gen. Zalvador Mercado, Federal commander in - the North, crossed to the United States at Presidio, Texas, today. Gen. Mercado himself could not be found at headquarters. Between two ' and three thousand Federal troops left -Ojinaga for the southeast. They were, under Gen. Orozco and had cannon and machine guns. It was supposed they, went to meet the rebel forces, said to number 3,000. Financial Trouble at Mexico. Mexico City, Dec. 16. Unless the government forces accept the notes is sued by the State banks it is expected that by noon tomorrow it will be im possible to redeem one of these in the capital. . ' The directors of the Banco Central, the parent institution of the great ma jority of State, banks, with the man agers of the . Bank - of London and Mexico and the National Bank, went over the situation carefully at a meet ing of the department of finance this evening but the .only decision reached was to continue paying at the Banco Central only as long as the reserve deposits of the State bank lasted. All the State, banks have carried with the Banco Central amounts cal culated to be sufficient to protect the notes circulating here. The refusal of other banks to redeem them sent thousands of persons who held State bank notes to the Central Bank to day where .the. funds for redeeming the notes of six State banks were soon exhausted. ; Fearing continuing payments, the bank management, closed its doors this afternoon, pending a possible arrange ment. The drain on the deposited re serves of the remaining State banks has been heavy and it is realized that the bank will soon run out of funds if it re-opens tomorrow. ' It was explained , by the manage ment of the National Bank that this does not affect the solvency Of the pa rent institution or necessarily of the State banks.' Each individual concern may or may not 1 be able to meet its obligations, but the conditions made it (Continued on Page Eight.) : r . ... ,-. f .... - if. .... v - " COUPEE MAKES . IRIOUa v:'"fiGES Have Ample Power to Read just Convention Rules BASIS OF REPRESENTATION Southern States Not to Have As Many Delegates in Convention of That Party, as Previously Other States Have More. Washington, Dec. 16. After five hours of debate the Republican Na tional committee tonight determined that it was clothed with ample power to re-adjust the composition of the party's National convention and had authority to make reforms in conven tion' rules and procedure that have been demanded by many elements since the convention of 1912 and the Democratic victory at the polls last. November. With little bitterness and no tangi ble evidence that differences which arose over methods could not be reconciled the committee took steps which have been agitated in the 'party for 30 years and which have been vital factors in many excitlne conventions in its latter day history. With a dissenting vote the commit tee decided to make a change in the basis of - representation in National conventions which will greatly affect Southern States gave full recognition to the principle of the primary in the election of delegates to such conven tions approved laws regarded such elections adopted by several States which provide that all delegates be se lected at large, and accepted the prin ciple that delegates properly accredit ed by State authorities shall be placed m tne temporary convention roll. . in formally it had been agreed that the new. basis of representation should be referred to the Republicans in the va rious States for ratification.v . .. The Only Difference. The only difference of ooinion that developed on the, surface was over the question of the machinery to be used to effect- the reforms. Of the. 49 com- uiuteeiBeo. .wno vvitia uu ui out run call" taken 14 -favored --the '--calling of special convention--xo' Dringv about these changes, and 35 declared them selves, opposed. " This roll call by States resulted as follows; Nay Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Ar kansas, California, Colorado, Connecti cut, Deleware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky Maryland, Minnesota, Mis sissippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire. New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South -Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming 35. Aye Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missiuro, New Mexico. New York. North Dako ta, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington and West Vir ginia 14. After this ballot progress was marked -by a friendly spirit, with an expressed desire to harmonize and to face the "common political enemy" with a re-united and solidified party. The resolution adopted expresses the party's faith in primary election of delegates and in the right of a State to chose them at large but details of the method of reducing Southern rep resentation were left to a special com mittee composed , of Chairman Hilles and Committeemen Warren, of Michi gan: Borah, of Idaho; Smoot, of Utah; Hadley, of Jxmisiana (proxy); Howell, of Nebraska;.. Eastbrook, of New HntrmshirA: "Rames. of. New York: Saunders, jt . Tennessee, and Remmel, of Arkansas. Tne suD-committee ex pects to make a report at a meeting (Continued on Page Eight.) 1 e " CIVIL IMPROVEMENT GLOBS To be Organized in Every School Dis trict in Every State is Pur pose of Society. Washington, Dec. 16. Organization of ; civil . improvement societies in school districts of every State in the union is the object of the Common Council Cluib formed here today by a group of prominent public men .with Joseph W. Folk; solocitor of the State Department, as president. The char ter membership Includes Secretaries Bryan, xane,' , Wilson, Daniels and Redfieldj Assistant Secretaries : Os borne, -of .the- - State - Department; Roosevelt if the Navy Department; Breckenridge, of the War Department, and Hamlin, of the Treasury Department;- Jonn Burke, treasurer of the United States; Senators Ashurst, Hughes, Walsh, Pittman Owen, Sauls bury, Chamberlain and Hollis; Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary of the Presi dent; Joseph E.- Davis, commissioner of, corporations; Cato Sells, commis sioner of the Indian affairs, and Louis D. Brandeis. "The purpose of this organization," said Mr. ?Folk in an address to the club, "is ; to bring together progres sive views on governmental matters so that they may. derive that mutual information and.: enlightenment that come , from taking counsel with one another. These .meetings ; will be an open forum where public ; questions will toe discussed, complaints, maae and heard, and such other things done as may promote the common good. From - these social centers thoughts and ideas thus will go out to the com munity."; , , . , - . ORDER FROM CLUB Secretaries Garrison, Daniels Hear from Officers NO DISRESPECT WAS MEANT Carabaos in. Their Fun Went Too Far and Regret It Advance Matter Was Prepared in Rush and Not Closely Read. Washington, Dec. 16. Secretaries Garrison and Daniels received: today an explanation from Major Gen. Ale shire, U. S. A., Brig. Gen. Mclntyre, U. S. "A., and Rear Admiral How ard, U. S. N., of the incidents at the recent dinner of the military order of the Carabao, which had aroused: the displeasure of President Wilson and his cabinet. , , ' These officers of the organization submitted copies of the -songs and lines' in the travesties and satires "up-, on administration policies and mem bers of the cabinet, with a letter of regret that anything -should have giv en offense. Secretary Garrison Will confer with Secretary Daniels tomorrow and a joint report wil be made to President Wilson. Mr. Daniels said tonight his suggestion to Rear Admiral Howard that' he decline 'to- accept the presi dency of the Carabao society, to which he was recently elected, extended to other prominent officers in the navy. "In view of the criticism of the re cent dinner," said Mr. Daniels, "I don't think it would be wise for any of the older, officers to take office in the organization now. When every? thing that is offensive-or reflects on the administration has been taken out it might be all right for them to take an active part." Mr. Daniels pointed out that the. President , as commahder-lri-chief of the army and navy could not permit reflections on his policies to be open ly satirized by army and navy officers. He 4id not comment on the letter re? ceived from the three officers 6f the Carabao fThistetteaddresxed to the-Secretary-' of the .Navy, follows: "We have, been appointed by the committee in charge of the recent an nual dinner, Military Order of . the Carabao, a sub-committee to submit certain data to the Secretary of Wiar, requested by him. Express Regret for Action. "The sub-committee also desires to express to you the deepest regret at the criticisms in the press of the re cent Carabao dinner. The society, composed largely of army and navy officers, is greatly distressed that any thing , in its . entertainment should be offensive to its invited guests. The principal song reported to have giv en offense was composed by soldiers on the way to the Philippines in 1898 and has been sung at Carabao dinners and similar occasions ever since. "It was not on the ' programme, for the recent dinner, but was sung once, and, when asked for a second time, was refused by the officer presiding at the singing table. During the din ner there have always been present ed entertaining features and the songs have been practically the same on all such occasions. "It has been stated in the press that the songs were known in ad vance. That is true, as the song book printed this year is practically the same as song books heretofore printed 29 of the 35 songs being the same and the others have not been mentioned as being in any way objectionable. "The .printed statement that 'the performance, according to advance statements given out by -the Carabao Society, was designed to show the task of sympathy for recent develop ments and 1 tendencies in the Philip- (Continued on Page Eight.) SCHMIDT DEFIANT IN COURT Calls His Lawyers Fancy Names When They Declare Him Crazy -Friends Testify. New -York, Dec. 16. The father. the sister and a boyhood chum of Hans Schmidt swore on the witness stand today that Schmidt has been crazy for years. They were first witnesses for the defense in Schmidt's trial for the murder ; of Anna Aumuller. Before they testified Schmidt jumped to his feet and dramatically shouted: "It's a lie," as his lawyer outlined his case to the jury, saying he expect ed to prove that Schmidt was insane now,-and had been so far years and al ways1 would be. Insanity was a fam ily trait - among Schmidt's kin, ac cording to Heinrich Schmidt, the pris oners father. Several relatives hang ed themselves, several tried suicide by dorwmng and one , snot himself. Schmidt's sister said her brother's heritage of insanity came from both parents. ; When he was a boy, she said, he had religious mania so marked that the neighbors dubbed him "Tne little chaplain." . Tne Rev. Fatner markert. or Te- chny, 111., . who went to school - with Schmidt in Germany, testmed tnat he believed the prisoner to be of infirm mind and that he had been so for 12 years. New; York, Dec. 16. The condition of Capt. Frederick L. Chapin, of the United ; States battleship Wyoming, who is critically ill at the marine hos pital, was unchanged today, v Capt. Chapin - was taken to the hospital when the Wyoming arrived yesterday from the European cruise of the At lantic fleet. -" . ; CARR B0DC.1 BROWS Clark, Stedman and Brawley Boosting Him Department ; of " Justice Finds No Pea nut Trust In NorthCarolina Not So Encouraging' for Hammer. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, Dk C'Dep.' 16. It is not believed that Attorney General McReynolds gave W. C. Hammer, candidate for district attorney, 1 much encouragement -' wheri ; the " Asheboro man, accompanied by-. Senator Over man, appeared before him today. Mr. Hammer left town soon after his talk with r the attorney general. - . Wlhen . asked about the joaf erence, Senator Ovfermaflfsaid W had no idea what course the Department of Jus tic would pursue. He-said that Mc Reynolds went over! the-, protest, or 1 charges, against' Hanmer, and -that he would consider,,; thesk?;matters when he was ready to make an appoint ment. ; '.. -X v -' ; (. i- - "Do -you. think .Hajnmr -? will be named to succeed Holton on : Decem ber . 20th, the time stipulated for the change?" Senator Overman was ask ed. . - . " ." f "I cannot say. , Mr. McReynolds dis cussed the charges with jammer and myself, but I do hot know? what action he will take,"' he concluded.- " v At' the Department jpU Justice it was said that the attorney? general had not made up his mind what he would do. "The attorney general making a careful examination of f jthe charges preferred against Mr. Hammer, but un til these investigations have-been con cluded I do not , believe (Mr. McRey nolds .will diseuss the? .matter with newspaper mea," said ail assistant , at the- department J- ' - .- . . -Carr Boom . FutrrSid. A" full-sized, boom h onvfor General Julian S. Carr for Governor to succeed Governor Craig. . Such inen as Chief Justice Walter - Clark,j of Raleigh ; Major Stedman. S. C.i, Brawley, mem ber of the State executive ijommittee, and others arerjbehinJdthexnove to make the general thaxt Governor of North Carolina '.Vc "If General i Cani .vmacc.epti he slroQld"he .nominated Wclamatlon,'? said" Major" Stedman. :"r could have more real enthusiasm for , General Carr for Governor than I have had for any man in a political fight in a quarter of a century. Should he con sent to accept the nomination there should not be a man in North Caro lina to vote against him." "Can Unite All Factions." S. C. Brawley, of Durham, said ie had talked with a number of leading people in the-State and that he finds a strong sentiment In favor of the general. "General Carr is the one man who can unite all the factions in North Carolina," said Brawley. "He has done much for the State and I believe the Democratic majority of North Carolina" would consider it a great privilege to be allowed to vote for him." "I have received a number of let ters asking me to be a candidate," said General Carr at The Raleigh to night. "I am not now a candidate, but, of course, I feel honored that my friends have suggestea me as a can didate." Maior Stedman said that Congress man Robert I Doughton was just as enthusiastic for General Carr as ne was himself. v No Peanut Trust .There is. no peanut trust, in North Carolina, according to special agents of the -Department of Justice, who have been investigating the matter since complaints have been.--received at the department. According to the department agents, the price of peanuts is governed by the world's supply. There will be no further investigation. O. F. Crowson, of Burlington, is here. P. R. A. FIRST RURAL CREDIT SYSTEM To be Launched in North Carolina is That Organized in Catawba County, at Hickory. Hickory, N. C., Dec. 16. First in this State to put into effect sugges tions offered by the North Carolina members -'of the special commission which last SumnKtr visited Europe to inspect rural credit systems -there, Ca tawba, county has practically complet ed the organization or a rural credit association modeled after the building and loan plan, , along the lines submit ted by the commission. The office of the a association, which will be known as the Catawba: County Rural Credit Association, will be lo cated here and the stock will consist at first of 250 shares at $100 a share. Application has been made for. a char ter. - - ' ' - -k O U TLI N ES fioprotarioa TTnrrissrtTi -and TVjtiioIs have received from the officers of the navy explanations of the recent, indes- cretlons taken part in oy- memoers of the club at their annual dinner. : A negro woman who shot and killed a 12-year-old white boy at Madison, N. C. because he woulcLnot do as she told him, was spirited away to Stone- ville and placed in jail tor safekeep ing. "Angry citizens want to ,have. a lynching. ) ' , . . . . New. York' markets: Spot cotton quiet, middling uplands 12.90, gulf 13.15. Money on call easy. 2, 1-3 to 3 per cent., ruling rate 3 1-2, closing 3 3-4 to 4. Time loans firm. Wheat steady No.' 2 red 100 to 101, No. 1 Northern Duluth 99 1-2. Corn steady 77 1-8. Flour quiet. Rosin quiet. .Tur pentine easy, - . FIGHT CENTEREO Oil SAFEGUARDS Senator Root Declares He Is Not a Candidate. AMENDMENT IS DEFEATED Root Declares Thaf When Present Ad ministration Goes Out of Office He Would be Over Seventy . Years of Age. "". Washington, Dec. 16. The curren cy fight in the Senate during a greater part ; of today raged about the ques tion of safeguards against the over expansion of money. Senator Root renewed his declarations of Saturday that " the administration bill was in adequate in this regaru. Democratic Senators' insisted that the measure carefully guarded against any danger of inflation and consequent panic. , Administration' rorces deteated an other attempt to amend the bill when they laid on the table an amendment by. Senator Hitchcock, proposing an increase in the Federal. reserve board from- seven to nine members. The motion carried 35 to 22. Senator .Root, in his attack on the bill, ' declared replies by Democratic Senators, had emphasized the fact that the proposed Federal reserve board would be the oonly barrier against the popular, agreeable and constantly demanded enlargement, of the money of the country. . "It-will be a broken reed," he de clared, "a futile hope. We are taking a long chance that we have no right to- take." : : Root Not a Candidate. During the currency debate, in the Senate today Senator Root took oc casion' to announce that- he had no Presidential aspirations, and would not accept the Republican nomination were it offered hinu "My friends who have made : these kindly suggestions forget," he said, "that- before this administration comes to a close I.jwill have reached ;the age of 72 years. It .would be manifestly impossible that -I should be President i of the- llnft.fid. States- I . ould not I render servite. vl wonfd fn:ut v"undaf . take it, -I would not accept the nomi nation and I" could not accept the office. '. . - v- "Suggestions of political - advance ment for mc," said Senator Root, "are merely expressions of friendship and approbation from my f riendSi - My political and public career is now drawing to a close. No political am bition whatever finds a place- in my mind." Senators Bristow and Williams de fended the guarantee nrovisions of the ibill. Senator Williams took the posi tion that no attempt was being, made to institute a government guarantee of bank deposits. He declared tnat the nrovisions under discussion pro vided simply for, the segregation of a part of the earnings of tne regional banks as a fund to insure depositors against losses through the failure of banks. - Owen Makes Speech. At tonieht's session Senator .Owen made a lengthy argument in support of the oro vision of the administration bill making the proposed new re gional bank notes and the present Na tional bank notes available for use as reserve at the option of the .Federal reserve board. He presented statis tics to show that the present supply of lawful money, in. the country would be insufficient to provide reserves for all the banks under the new law. r Another reply to Senator Root's charge that the -Owen bill would open the door to inflation of credit was made by Senator Martine. A detailed argument against . any plan to provide a: guarantee of: bank deposits -in the pending legislation was made by Senator Weeks. "I believe," he said, "that if this question vwere carefully considered a THIRTY-EIGHT PERSONS MEET DEA TH IN MINE New Castle, Colo.,( Dec. 16. Thirty eight men were killed in the Vulcan mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., today, by an explosion of coal dnstv Two miners were rescued after the underground workings had caught fire. All the victims were married, and all but six or eight were Ameri cans. . ' ' ' Men in charge of the rescue work asserted tonight. hat it probably would be a, day or two before the bodies could . be recovered. ' : Before sundown, the mine had been cleared of gas and a thorough exploration of the wrecked workings was made. Many of the bodies were mangled and burned. Father J: P. Corrigan, of Glenwood : Springs; near-here,, hur NEGRO WOMAN SHOT 12 YEAR OLD WHITE BOY Stoneville, N. C, Dec. 16. Mapr Eliza Mitchell, a negro woman, frdm near Madison, N. C, was rushed to jail here In an automobile last night by . Sheriff Frances B. Kemp, to save her from ' being- lynched . by citizens of that community, for theJ killing ; of Howard Parish, a white boy, 12 years old. - 1 . - . - ' : The Parish boy, with other children were playing near the Southern Rail-, GLASS DEFENDS CURRENCY BILL Can't Understand How Root Was Elected to Senate. DEFINES SENATOR'S GREED In an Address in Richmond Yester day He Answers Attack Made Upon Administration by New York Senator. Richmond, Va., Dec. 16. Represen tative Carter Glass, chairman of the House committee on Banking and Currency, in an address here tonight warmly defended the administration's currency bill against the "Greenback ism" and "fiat mc-ney" charge launch ed by Senator Root in the Senate on Saturdays and retaliated with a sharp attack on Senator Root. "On the -floor of the United States Senate last Saturday," said Mr. Glass, "Senator Root, of New York, charac terized the measure as 'Greehbackism run mad.' Unacquainted with the subject which . he undertook to dis cuss he. described it as -proposing a return to the . reserve issues of 1896. "I take it that the duty of a United States Senator is to preserve the pub lic from National harm is more than overbalanced by his moral obligation never to sound a false alarm and never to permit himself to be deflect ed from the path of strict truth to gain a point of vantage. And yet he did sound a false alarm and sounded it upon information whiclfhe himself admits he secured second hand from another Senator. '"When to one's reputation is added his renown as a great lawyer and his fame as. an international statesman, and the subject involved relates to the tender fabric of National credit, when such a man trifles with a sub ject of this moment; he is guilty not only- jot grave indiscretion' but, fif downright treason to-his country." : - "Alt .haf ' aa.i A JES-a1V: r. "tatoderlip; ' aldi'Mrr GlasWetonmlhg up a sharp reply;, to the statements made by the New York bahker; "may be accentuated and applied to Mr. Root. God alone knows how men who understand the currency bill so little as to charge it with greenbackism have ever gained control of a bank with a capital of $25,000,000, or have attained to a seat In the United States Senate. v ! MORE PAY FOR RURAL 4 CARRIERS. , Washington, D. C, Dec. 16. 4 If a recommendation made by the House committee on postof- I flees and Dost-roads is adoDted - by Congress, every rural carrier 4 in the United States will receive 4 an increase in pay approximat- ing per ' year. The action 4 was taken by a unanimous vote ! 4 of the committee and probably ! will become a law. P. R. A. A great majority of the people would be against it as they were in 1908 when the question was debated in the cam paign of that year. It is one of the most taking and plausible of the many nostrums which are being dealt out to the public because its proposers be lieye it will be popular." No guarantee of bank deposits plan. Senator Weeks said, could operate to prevent panics. He declared if the deposits in banks were to be insured, the insurance should be provided along legitimate insurance lines. j i ried to New Castle at the first news of the explosion. The priest rushed into the smoking pit among the first of the rescuers "in search of dying to whom he might administer the last rites of the church. Tne Vulcan. mine was oonly about a yeear old, and was equipped with modern safety devices. . It is believed the explosion was caused by an accumulation of dust in the west portion of the mine where work practically had been. abandoned. Most of the dead were found in the east , workings to whih the explosion was communicated. ) This fall the. employes of the mine were called out -on strike with the United Mine Workers of America, but some of them had . gone back to work. The other Victims of today's disaster were' strike-breakers. ? - road tracks. 'Some of them had left a small wagon on the track and the Mitchell woman ordered Parish to re move it. The boy declined. - A second time she gave Parish orders to - re move the wagon under threats of be ing shot and again -the boy declined, whereupon the n egress drew a revol ver and shot him. He died two hours later, after identifying his slayer. ? When the coroner's jury held the negro woman, responsible for,the. boy's death, feeling ran high and she - was spirited away in an automobile by the sheriff .who had been summoned. . TH! ARGUES FOR NORTH CAROLINA Against the Petition of the Virginia Cities III HEARING AT GREENSBORO Notable Aggregation of Celebrities Gathered in Old Guilford Court House for Hearing Before Chairman Clark. (Special Star- Correspondence.) " Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 16. Attend- ed by many leading men of North Carolina, officers of the Just Freight Rate Association. State officers, rail road officials and representatives of. the business interests , of certain Vlr-: ; ginia cities and their attorneys, ..the hearing of Virginia cities petitions to prevent the putting into effect , the proposed freight rates T into North Carolina as agreed upon between the State and railroads last suxnmer, was begun here today before Judge Edgar. E. Clark, chairman of the Interstate ' Commerce Commission. '"' ' ..': V ". The sessions are . being held in the, Guilford county ; court house, the an, v cient building that will soon give way to a modern county building. - Not in a long while has the court'room been the scene of a gathering that; more vitally affects the welfare of the State, , nor one that has been attended by- . more celebrities than gathered in there -this morning at 10 o'clock. ' . " The morning session was ' given over to's the statements of General Counsel A. P Thorn, of the Southern Railway Company, who outlined the case of the carriers; "Attorney-James, of Washington City, member of a big law Arm that has been employed by the Chambers of Commerce of Lynch--burg, Roanoke, Norfolk , Richmond, and Petersburg ; Hon. E. L. - Travis, . chairman of the North Carolina Cor poration Commission, and others. .In. - the afternoon , the taking of evidence . C was-? hesrun. , -Most of the 4 evidence -' C; l wiir be;documentary JngCharacter,and lll Here for the hearing are Judge EdV' gar E. Clark, chairman; of the Inter state Commerce Commission;' 'Attor ney General Thomas W. Bickett, ofk North Carolina; Chairman E. L. Tra vis, Judge G. P. Pell and W. T. Lee, of the North Carolina ; Corporation -Commission; 'Secretary A J. Max well, and Assistant . Secretary J. S. Griffin, of the Corporation Commis sion; Vice President A. B. Andrews and General Counsel A. p. Thorn, of the Southern Railway; attorneys rep resenting the Atlantic Coast Line,, . Seaboard Air Line and other rail roads ; President Fred N. Tate, of the Just Freight Rate Association; repre sentatives of the . local branches of' the Just Freight Rate Association, and a large number of private citizens and ' shippers. " Here from the . Virginia cities are E. S. Goodman, "rathe manager of the Richmond chamber of commerce; W." A. Cox, traffic manager of the Norfolk chamber of commerce; William M. ' Martin,' secretary of . the Petersburg' chamber of commerce: John Wood secretary of the Roanoke chamber of commerce. These ' cities are repre sented by the law firm of Littleford, James, Balard & Frost," of Washing ton, from whose offices are Francis B. .' James and E. E. Williamson. - Other Organizations Represented. Mr. J. T. Ryan, of High Point; rep resents the North Carolina Whole- sale Grocers' Association. Charlotte is represented by the well known at" torneys, E. T. Cansler and Cameron "' Morrison and other individuals. The latter attorney and Mr. J. O. Carr, of Wilmington, have been designated to assist Attorney General Bickett with the legal lend of the . proposition. When the meeting assembled this morning, Chairman Clark took the judge's seat in the court , room and the attorneys and representatives of the Tailfoads and State, as well as Virginia cities, ranged themselves about the four or five tables inside the bar. Thom Opens the Argument. General Counsel Thorn, represent ing all of the carriers, made a splen- -did opening argument, .in which he urged the approval of the commission' of the rates proposed for the State.- . He said that the State had not re ceived the rates at the hands of the carriers - that had been accorded Vir-t ginia cities and virtually admitted -everything that had been charged by representatives of the State when they were - seeking a fair deal at the ' hands of. the railroads. v He declared 11 that even with these rates Carolina cities would not then be on an equal basis with Virginia cities.; j Mr. James. ; for the Virginia cities declared that the new rates were un fair for .Virginia ; . that the reductions were secured by North Carolina by means of threats of retaliatory legis lation and like means and that they now had lower rates t than the Vir ginia cities had. r Travis Reviews Fight. Mr. Travis reviewed the . history of the rate fight in North. Carolina, cit ed an Opinion of the Interstate Com- merce Commission seven years ago suggesting the very thag: that had been done and cited authority and . facts to show that Virginia cities will still be "better off than North Carolina when the new rates go Into effect. A. J. Maxwell, secretary A to the North Carolina Corporation Commis- ' sion, was on the witness stand all the afternoon. Many documents- were In troduced. ' - ; Washington. Dec. . 16. Secretary McAdoo today issued a supplementary income tax regulation ' extending the time for filing itemized ; monthly list ' returns of coupon and, registered in terest payment for November requir ed Dy previous regulations to.be filed on or before December 20th to Jan uary 15th, v : f.-V. V. ' - mil 'V Pi ' . a - - l i mm i -.a I ' tit- : - 1
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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